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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 3, 2015Bladen County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2015, 6:09 AM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 4, 2015, 1:39 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2015, 6:09 AM EDT (10:09 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 4, 2015, 1:39 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 8, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bladen County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock (STPN7). The gauge peaked at 14.34 ft at Oct 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 41 ft
Minor stage: 42 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 65 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02105500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 3, 4:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 4:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 3:37 PM EDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 3, 12:37 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 1:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 3, 2:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 10:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	3 hr
Oct 2, 10:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Robeson	3 hr
Oct 3, 1:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, Robeson	116 min
Oct 3, 4:26 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	13 hr
Oct 3, 8:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Pender	2 hr
Oct 3, 9:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	3 hr
Oct 3, 10:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Bladen	5 days
Oct 3, 11:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Pender	10 days
Oct 3, 11:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	52 hr
Oct 3, 3:25 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	14 hr
Oct 3, 7:43 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson	46 hr
Oct 2, 8:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 2, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 3, 1:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 3, 11:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	24 hr
Oct 3, 11:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	24 days
Oct 3, 11:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence	9 days
Oct 3, 11:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	13 days
Oct 3, 4:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	4 hr
Oct 3, 5:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.